Another newbie

[jiml]

Hi everyone, although I have had P for several year, this is the first time I began searching for support forums like this one and I am glad I did.   My P has been pretty bad for a long time now and I have been trying to stay away from biologics but decided to try them about 5 months ago. My Dr put me on Humira and after 4 months, not only did I not improve, I got much worse. Yesterday Morning I took my first shots of Taltz. You may think I'm crazy or am seeing thing due to my desire to get clear, but I swear I can already see a change in the way my patches look. Anyways, I hope to make some new friends here and be helped by, and help others.

Hi SoFlo and a big   to the forum, I'm glad you have found us and I don't think you will find a better support group anywhere , we are all just sufferers of this awful disease here and we happily share information about treatments and what works..

You say Humira was not good for you so you have just started Taltz.....I have read some great things about Taltz, and have heard that it can work quickly , so it might be working and not just your imagination
See about the phase three trials where they noted an improvement within a week
See the link
Lilly's Ixekizumab phase 3  

I wish you continued success and look forward to hearing how well it continues to work for you

Enjoy yourself on the forum and should you need any help just shout out anywhere and someone will be happy to help
Jim  

Thanks Jim. I too have heard great things about Taltz and am very optamistic about this treatment. Just a bit of info for those of you that are not finding success with your current treatment, look into Taltz. Although it was just approved by the FDA less than 2 months ago, my insurance is covering it and Taltz has a copay card that brought my copay to just $5.00

Wow that's great news,  I'm not sure if we have got approval in England where I am but I think that Europe has given it approval
I'm sure many if our American members are paying way over that for other bios... So thanks for that information

I do hope you will update us with a Taltz  thread as the only other one I've seen was a member here on the phase 3 trial for it

If you put taltz in the search button at the top of the page it will throw up some interesting stuff about Talz for you to read .

See Ixekizumab trial

Ixekizumab shows significant improvement for psoriasis patients

Ixekizumab meets it's goals in Phase 3 for psoriatic arthritis.

Jim